AR Rahman

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010

Dubbed the Mozart from Madras, AR Rahman is India's best-known composer. While American audiences know the music he wrote for Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit "Bombay Dreams," they’re about to get even more familiar with his work, thanks to "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," a film about Queen Elizabeth starring Cate Blanchett that opens this Friday.

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